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Warm Spring

Warm Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Warm Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 779 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Warm Spring Camp, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.96651, -116.93228

95 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 42
Peaks: 29
Historic sites: 15
  • Warm Spring Camp: 0.2 mi
  • Mengel Cabin: 9.3 mi
  • Russel Cabin: 9.5 mi
  • Stone Corral: 10.3 mi
  • Myers Ranch: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Baker Ranch: 18.2 mi
  • Badwater Basin: 20.4 mi
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 24.0 mi
  • Dry fall: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Warm Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakNNW 328°3,369 m16.6 mi
Rogers PeakNNW 334°3,045 m19.4 mi
Bennett PeakNNW 332°3,027 m18.9 mi
Sentinel PeakNW 318°2,936.4 m12.1 mi
Porter PeakNW 310°2,774 m9.0 mi
Wildrose PeakNNW 339°2,763 m22.9 mi
Porter PeakNW 310°2,756 m9.0 mi
Bald PeakNNW 339°2,367 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2619:00
June solstice05:3219:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5816:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475359667584919083705747
Precip in0.80.90.50.10.10.00.10.10.10.20.20.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 29 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Death Valley National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Sep and Jun; busiest: Mar.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • Bighorn Sheep4 obs
  • athel tamarisk4 obs
  • Sacred Datura4 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk3 obs
  • Inflated Beetle3 obs
  • Emory's rockdaisy3 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch3 obs
  • Donkey3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/626127690

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